for May 2019
JUST released 🔥🔥🔥
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 7, 2019
ICYMI : Top 🆔 /Stewardship Journal Articles Trending From April 2019. https://t.co/ONe8AXbJOX📲
A monthly post by @IDstewardship and @ABsteward. #IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDDailyPearl #medtwitter #MedEd #FOAMed
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NEW 🔥🔥OFID @MatthewPCheng @DrToddLee @padstamundo Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Therapy for Potential AmpC-Producing Organisms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Awaiting for definitive answer from (MERINO II)
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 24, 2019
RCT @MerinoTrial#IDTwitter https://t.co/A0tWy7gcYP pic.twitter.com/oB7EFTlAgj
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 27, 2019
Matt McCarthy, who specializes in infectious diseases, writes, “There are trillions of bacteria living inside all of us. Why are we pretending they aren’t on our gurneys, blood pressure cuffs and X-ray machines?” https://t.co/yi0RqUFwBF
The risk of antibiotic resistance is continuing to increase. All healthcare professionals have a vital role to play, by preventing and controlling infections with sound antimicrobial stewardshiphttps://t.co/4RcrUpLMav
— NHS England (@NHSEngland) May 29, 2019
#Prevention #KeepAntibioticsWorking
Study finds 81% of dental antibiotic prescribing not needed https://t.co/NjRRj1PDXm. Antibiotic stewardship in dental practices is urgently needed. @IDSAInfo
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) May 31, 2019
NEW🔥 Review Article in JCM
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 1, 2019
Don't Get Wound Up: Revised Fluoroquinolone Breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Great work by @SIDPharm Dr. Emi Minejima and @SBtotheDub
👏#IDTwitter https://t.co/HqpFpYdvWx pic.twitter.com/7DVsG2WKt9
NEW🔥 in OFID @bwtrautner
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 6, 2019
No Clinical Benefit to Treating Male Urinary Tract Infection Longer than Seven Days: An Outpatient Database Study.
Less is more #IDTwitter https://t.co/o4ub2ZxJTv pic.twitter.com/0YOrHDfxt1
Practice Changing RCT @TheLancet 🔥🔥🔥
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 14, 2019
ANODE trial ; A single prophylactic dose of IV Amoxicillin & Clavulanic acid 3 h after operative vaginal delivery almost halve maternal infection rate and reduce overall antibiotic use.
⛔ Limitations #IDTwitter https://t.co/kidroWEpQ1 pic.twitter.com/jxaJePFfYG
Excited for our new article on “Antibiotics in the Pipeline for Treatment of Infections due to Gram-Negative Organisms.” @VCUHealth ID fellow @NVissichelli did a great job with this! Full text available here: https://t.co/feAaRmGicq #AntimicrobialStewardship #IDtwitter pic.twitter.com/4VL1E3NnoT
— Mike Stevens (@Dr_Mike_Stevens) May 10, 2019
An important new article from @TJCommission on leading practices in antimicrobial stewardship. Two important interventions that go beyond current guidelines discussed: handshake stewardship & diagnostic stewardship. https://t.co/QJBc2Qs2VH
— Jason Newland (@JasonGNewland) May 21, 2019
New study in OFID: “No Clinical Benefit to Treating Male UTI Longer than Seven Days: An Outpatient Database Study”.
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) May 13, 2019
Take Home: shorter duration of treatment was not associated with increased risk of UTI recurrence. #Stewardship #IDTwitterhttps://t.co/tTxfScz7NY
ICYMI 🔥 in #IJAA @YMeije @AnaAyestaran @jesusrbano
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 13, 2019
Non- IV carbapenem-sparing antibiotics for the definitive treatment of bacteremia due to ESBL or AmpC β enterobacteriaceae
A propensity score 🇪🇸 study.
TMP-SMX has shown favourable results. #IDTwitter https://t.co/H11tGD9Aql pic.twitter.com/IQkiKi8qPq
🔥 A recent meta-analysis found that community antibiotic stewardship programs involving pharmacists reduced antibiotic prescribing and increased guideline-adherent antibiotic prescribing by general practitioners.https://t.co/v0SfTNgn6r pic.twitter.com/u719deKgUw
— Antibiotic Tweets (@khalideljaaly) May 17, 2019
NEW 🔥 large cohort study in CID found that the use of quinolone ear drops was associated with increased risk for tympanic membrane perforation compared with neomycin + hydrocortisone.
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 2, 2019
More warnings for FQs 😱👇#IDTwitter #stop_fluoroquinolones_madness https://t.co/y1w7TEECo1 pic.twitter.com/Np06tML1tT
Here's another top-notch course from @BSACandJAC that's FREE to use. Spread the word 📢📢📢
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) May 21, 2019
'Explore the role & benefits of ANTIFUNGAL STEWARDSHIP through this online course for healthcare professionals' https://t.co/G75jCwc3Qw
NEW🔥 study in OFID found that the rate of positive blood cultures is reduced by >50% for both septic and nonseptic patients as early as the second hour after IV antibiotic treatment. #IDTwitter https://t.co/YrLBWMXJOa pic.twitter.com/ZWAvdSe7x2
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 20, 2019
The risk associated with measles infection is much greater than the sum of its observable symptoms. In a new Microbial Sciences article, learn how the measles virus causes the immune system to "forget," generating immune amnesia in patients: https://t.co/dbG8NIBYpX
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) May 20, 2019
Correspondence in June issue describes how trained dogs use their noses to identify people infected with the #malaria parasite https://t.co/VZuTptmAfc pic.twitter.com/71MtXFt4Ch
— The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) May 23, 2019
NEW🔥 Review Article in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy @mariapia16 @mmPharmD @JGPharmD
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 13, 2019
Eravacycline: The Tetracyclines Strike Back. #IDTwitter https://t.co/CjJ0VdRpRX pic.twitter.com/nukRieDT13
Launched today: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care - an online CE course for prescribers & pharmacists to help HCPs optimize antibiotic use in common clinical scenarios. Designed by Canadian experts & supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada! https://t.co/wnY823I1Eh
— Waterloo Pharmacy (@UWPharmacy) May 1, 2019
NEW 🔥 @JAMANetworkOpen
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 31, 2019
More than 80% of antibiotics prescribed for infection prophylaxis before dental visits were unnecessary.
Clindamycin was more likely to be unnecessary relative to amoxicillin.#IDTwitter https://t.co/iUsUWIM0DW pic.twitter.com/Bky8ggGEXH
Very interesting!🔥 #IDTwitter
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 11, 2019
The first report of falsely elevated vancomycin concentrations in a patient NOT receiving vancomycin. New in @PharmacoJournal https://t.co/iYwNubo1yh pic.twitter.com/u12lK4aJzj
NEW 🔥in AAC @ASMicrobiology
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 20, 2019
By @Crasspofungin & @DosingMatters
A 2 fold ⬆️ in risk of
thrombocytopenia with eGFR < 60
Linezolid dose reduction is necessary to improve safety in CKD.#IDTwitter https://t.co/7YsnSjrXHM pic.twitter.com/2d8YfrDhy5
1) With DTG and BIC-based first-line ART, genotypes at HIV dx have gone from "need to know" to "nice to know" information. Progress!
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) May 7, 2019
2) Population-based studies that monitor transmitted resistance needed.
3) Emily Hyle/Justine Scott led this analysis!https://t.co/u9Ya1bNO6H
NEW 🔥by D.Tamma in @ICHEJournal
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 3, 2019
Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit: Challenges and opportunities. #IDTwitter @ChildrensPhila
https://t.co/L91LYwkdqy pic.twitter.com/I7QU8XyxSm
NEW🔥 @PharmacoJournal @SIDPharm @PavS09 @mamabirkenstock @AthansID
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 6, 2019
No significant difference observed in median time to antibiotic de‐escalation after Implementation of a stewardship initiative on RV PCR based antibiotic deescalation @ClevelandClinic https://t.co/LlSv2IHDqx pic.twitter.com/3c9v7bITWa
Just published and #openaccess in #JACAntimicrobialResistance, our first review article: "Rethinking #antimicrobial #stewardship paradigms in the context of the #gut #microbiome" https://t.co/ojdWeUR88X #guthealth @BSACandJAC #JACAMR #AMR @UniOfYork Comment and debate welcomed!
— Gavin Barlow (@gavin_barlow) May 22, 2019
NEW 🔥in @JACCPJournal @nbennett04
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 21, 2019
Pharmacy Driven Assessment of Appropriate Antibiotic Selection in Patients with Reported Beta‐Lactam Allergy. https://t.co/EjjyoimSyN pic.twitter.com/DE1MXtTNSk
Sepsis and antimicrobial stewardship are two sides of the same coin, say @FfitzP and colleagues: https://t.co/IPqcGJ5uh2
— BMJ Quality & Safety (@BMJ_Qual_Saf) May 20, 2019
UTSW is hiring an abx stewardship/ID pharmacy specialist. Come work at the #1 hospital in Dallas alongside world-renowned faculty and leading researchers in the field of ID.
— Maggie Monogue (@MaggieMonogue) May 8, 2019
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Diseases https://t.co/9DGHkvtUnc
NEW 🔥The Present and Future State of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Rapid Diagnostic Testing: Can One Ideally Succeed Without the Other? #IDtwitter cc @manfordouhttps://t.co/2Lt8A13Gav pic.twitter.com/RqXTqvxUaU
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 5, 2019
🔥New study @HHakeam et al
— Antibiotic Tweets (@khalideljaaly) May 27, 2019
Cilastatin reduces nephrotoxicity of vanco, so better to give imipenem over mero with vanco?
Very interesting. Thoughts?#IDTwitter https://t.co/pW6yGQjkl1@SIDPharm @accpinfdprn @ESCMID pic.twitter.com/rh3o7pQRRr
NEW 🔥 in @AJICJournal
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 23, 2019
52% of nurses were NOT familiar with term “antimicrobial, stewardship,” 😱
Response rate 15.8% ⛔#IDTwitter #NurseTwitter https://t.co/EBpRQWfwvx pic.twitter.com/iUF7P2BowS
NEW 🔥 G-ToG RCT
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 3, 2019
Gentamicin single dose 240 mg IM Vs. Ceftriaxone 500 Mg, for the treatment of gonorrhoea. Genta didn't reach the inferiority margin of 5% @TheLancet #IDTwitter https://t.co/NAfGkh1sNu pic.twitter.com/0QpCZqWU5s
A crew member fell ill with measles, prompting fears of an outbreak on a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology -- and it's the latest reminder that infectious diseases can spread among hundreds of people https://t.co/76MogLXwt7
— CNN (@CNN) May 3, 2019
Resources to empower patients in shared-decision making for #antimicrobialstewardship co-developed by @ChooseWiselyCA and @PublicHealthON:https://t.co/G7LHwO1CMm#choosingwisely2019 pic.twitter.com/WajOhtSJjZ
— Brad Langford (@BRxAD) May 27, 2019
Today we updated our bibliographies with 151 new resources on antimicrobial stewardship, antibiotic/antifungal use, One Health, C diff, diagnostics, vaccines, antibiotic R&D, and more https://t.co/XafujY546N
— CIDRAP-ASP (@CIDRAP_ASP) May 14, 2019
Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunities in Patients with Bacteremia Not Identified by BioFire FilmArray. If a bacterium grows in blood culture, and FilmArray does not identify it, does it make a sound? https://t.co/oqF48TjUkk @ASMicrobiology #ASMClinMicro pic.twitter.com/6mmFX9MDqN
— JClinMicro EIC (@JClinMicro) May 11, 2019
New in OFID: Wondering how to treat #osteomyelitis? Here’s a critical look at the evidence behind approaches to antibiotic therapy as new studies (e.g., #OVIVA) challenge current dogma. https://t.co/PVXZaMqUzi #OpenForumInfectDis #IDSAJournals @PaulSaxMD @Cortes_Penfield
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) May 22, 2019
NEW 🔥 @PharmacoJournal @PharmerMeg
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 31, 2019
Transition to PO antibiotics for patients w pyogenic liver abscesses associated w ⬆️ rate of 30‐day readmission compared to patients treated w IV antibiotics.
⛔Retrospective
⛔IV mostly βlactams PO mostly FQ🤔#IDtwitter https://t.co/N5knc3xi7d pic.twitter.com/8VvoCSfxHQ
Role of pharmacists in reducing antibiotic prescribing by general practitioners: a systematic review and meta-analysis @anne_h_thom @SAPGAbx @Frankerr1F @AntibioticScot @CockburnAlison @macd_ali @jacquisneddons https://t.co/PIbdNTskAH
— andrew seaton (@raseaton66) May 25, 2019
Use a direct oral amoxicillin challenge to confirm current tolerance and delabel individuals with low-risk penicillin allergy histories.
— Eric Macy (@EricMacyMD) May 9, 2019
Self-reported beta-lactam intolerance: not a class effect, dangerous to patients, and rarely allergy. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/HNIWopl1ax
Recent article in @JAMASurgery found that increasing durations of antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with higher odds of AKI and C difficile infection. Authors noted that "EVERY DAY MATTERS". NNH for AKI after receiving at least 72h of prophylaxis = 4. https://t.co/Q6SEcHzDnj pic.twitter.com/78NrvKElCL
— SIDP (@SIDPharm) May 6, 2019
Two superb reviews of "normal" body temperature.
— Paul Sax (@PaulSaxMD) May 15, 2019
1) This tweetorial.
2) This review paper just published in OFID.
Normal Body Temperature: A Systematic Review https://t.co/gVwMx7UbYc https://t.co/m2fl74xH2K
NEW cohort study 🔥 @jhieditor
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 1, 2019
Antibiotic prophylaxis in spine surgery: a comparison of single-dose & 72-hour protocols
Unexpected results 😔
Many serious limitations
1 g cefazolin😱, before & after design, others#IDtwitter we need to dissect the study 🤔https://t.co/8OkNJRLzYt pic.twitter.com/ghdFaAnYsS
We are looking for a pharmacist with curiousity, character, and grit to join @SHSUHNASP. A sense of humour, ability to pronounce Capnocytophaga canimorsis properly, and good hand hygiene are assets. https://t.co/VCMX88wPgT #antimicrobialstewardship
— Andrew Morris (@ASPphysician) May 3, 2019
Lactation & infections:
— Ed (@Rx_Ed) May 18, 2019
SAFE to breastfeed if mom is infected with
HBV
HCV
HSV
VZV
CMV
Influenza virus
Rhino virus
West Nile virus
Toxoplasma
Malaria
Traveler’s diarrhea
UNSAFE to breastfeed if mom is infected with
HIV
Ebola
Dengue
Brucella
Untreated TBhttps://t.co/y8NSGkFmRs
NEW 🔥 @TheLancetInfDis
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 30, 2019
Guidelines for the management of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with haematological malignancies and after stem cell transplantation from the 2017 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 7) #IDTwitter #IDuptodate https://t.co/8wlxLQ7Zk1 pic.twitter.com/HKvYmsQZuM
NEW🔥 in OFID levofloxacin for the prophylaxis of neutropenic fever & BSI in patients w hematologic malignancy is associated with lesser disruption of gut microbiome as compared to receipt of broad-spectrum beta-lactam or oral vancomycin #IDTwitter https://t.co/vVCtvI88j7 pic.twitter.com/2BtV6vYVaM
— Antibiotic Steward (@ABsteward) May 31, 2019
What a brilliant paper title: 'Good Studies Evaluate the Disease While Great Studies Evaluate the Patient: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking Endpoint for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection' https://t.co/8emCLHS5al
— Jon Otter (@jonotter) May 21, 2019
Bacteria become antibiotic-resistant in real-time in new, groundbreaking video pic.twitter.com/xq5zTx6udg #SNRTG #IoT #BigData #MedEd #SciComm #immunology #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #microscopy #AntibioticResistance #InfectiousDiseases
— Yoni Maisel (@Primary_Immune) May 26, 2019
Article: https://t.co/IrbwrMC0nx
Created by Cameron Forbes. Last updated November 10, 2019 at 15:41 EST.